Brush-handle.



No. 666,3l9. Patnn'ted lan. '22, I90l.

C'. KLAUBERG. BRUSH HANDLE (Application led Apr. 24 1900.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES KLAUBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRUSH=HANDLE.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,319, dated January22, 1901.

Application filed April 2, 1900. Serial No. 11,115. (No model.)

To al?, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES KLAUBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Brush-Handles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to handles for devices-for instance, brushesforcleaning Ware of various kinds, such as lamp-chimneys, globes, bottles,die.

Primarily the object of my invention is to manufacture economically animproved handle from wire and to provide means for preventing theiieXure of the wire while the brushes or other devices to which thehandles may be attached are in operation.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like characters designate likeparts throughout the several views, Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved handle in its normal position and shown connected to a pair ofbrushes. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the parts of the handleexpanded and the brushes in condition for work; and Fig. 3 is across-section on line a; 0c, Fig. l, looking` in the direction of thearrow.

Referring to the drawings, my improved handle is designated generally byA and is shown consisting of two arms l and 2, formed of wire of anysuitable cross-section and of any desired length. These arms l and 2 areflattened orotherwise suitably shaped at one end, as at 3, and areunited bya pivotal connection 4. (Shown asa rivet.) Surrounding thispivotal connection is a coiled spring, (designated by 5,) which mayeither be arranged around the ends of the sections, as shown in Fig. l,or` may be extended over said ends and along the parts of the handles toafford a convenient hand-grasp, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

At an intermediate point in the length of each handle arm or section thewire is provided with a suitable stop of any desired kind, but ispreferably bent to form stops or loops 6 and 7, respectively, which whenthe arms are expanded will prevent the fiexure of said arms when thedevices to which they areattachedarebeingoperated. Thesestops or bendsserve to render the wire more rigid,

while one of them, 6, receives that portion of arm l immediatelyadjacent to loop 7, and consequently prevents both arms from lateralmovement. (See Fig. 2.)

At its free ends the wire of which the arms are constructed isflattened, as at 8 8', to receive the pivots of suitable brushes 9 9.(Shown attached thereto.)

As will be observed, my improved handle, while of exceedingly simpleconstruction,has a wide' range of action, (from the position shown inFig. l to that shown in Fig. 2 or any intermediate position,) therebytting it for application to various devices, and especially to brushes 99 for cleaning various sizes and kinds of Ware.

Vhile my invention is shown applied to brushes, yet it is not limitedthereto, for it may be employed `with various devices unnecessary tomention. Furthermore, the invention is not limited to the pivotalconnections shown,for the handle ends may be united in other ways andmay be connected ina different manner to the device to which the handleis to be applied. K

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A wire handlecomprising pivoted arms, and a spring surrounding said arms adjacent tothe pivot thereof.

2. A wire handle comprising arms united for swinging movement; a coiledspring cooperating with, and surrounding a portion of, each arm; andstops for preventing lateral flexure of the arms.

3. A wire handle comprising arms flattened at their ends; a pivot foruniting said ends; a coiled spring surrounding the arms adjacent to thepivot; and loop-shaped stops for preventing iiexure of the arms.

4. In combination, with a pair of brushes, a wire handle composed of twosections'pivoted together at one end and connected to said brushes atthe other end; a coiled spring surrounding said sections at theirpivoted ends; and loop-shaped stops intermediate the brushes and pivot.

CHARLES KLAUBERG. l/Vitnesses:

FRED. J. DOLE, C. E. VOSS.

